Why Shares of Fiserv Fell a Stunning 48% This Week

Why Shares of Fiserv Fell a Stunning 48% This Week Bram Berkowitz, The Motley FoolOctober 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM 0 Key Points Fiserv's third quarter results and financial reset left analysts and investors confounded. Management attributed the poor results to internal mistakes and overly ambitious targets. Bloomberg also reported that customers have been upset by excessive fees at Fiserv's pointofsale payment processing business Clover.

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Bram Berkowitz, The Motley FoolOctober 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM

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Fiserv's third quarter results and financial reset left analysts and investors confounded.

Management attributed the poor results to internal mistakes and overly ambitious targets.

Bloomberg also reported that customers have been upset by excessive fees at Fiserv's point-of-sale payment processing business Clover.

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Since the close of trading last week, shares of the core processing and payments company Fiserv (NYSE: FIS) had fallen an unimaginable 48% at the close of trading on Thursday. The company significantly missed Wall Street estimates for the third quarter of the year, lowered guidance, and essentially announced a strategic reset.

A shocking miss

Fiserv reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.04, missing estimates by over $0.60. Revenue of $4.92 billion also missed by $430 million. Even worse, management lowered its full-year adjusted earnings guidance by 16.4%, attributing the shocking results to soft revenues from the company's business in Argentina, which is experiencing a financial crisis, among other issues.

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Bloomberg also reported that many customers have been complaining about excessive fees from Fiserv's flagship point-of-sale payments business Clover. Fiserv's core processing business, which provides banks with key technology that powers their daily operations, also fell about 3% from the prior.

Management seems to have gotten too ambitious in their financial targets. Fiserv's CEO Mike Lyons said on the company's Q3 earnings call that "our challenges are largely driven by our own doing." The company also announced changes to its senior management structure and a new strategy that will focus on long-term client satisfaction. Fiserv plans to announce new mid- and long-term financial targets at its upcoming investor day in November.

Put this one on your watch list

I was certainly shocked to see this severe of a downward move. Fiserv went public in the 1980s and has been a phenomenal stock to own ever since. It's one of the three main players providing core processing technology that is entrenched in long-term banking contracts.

However, many of the country's banks are still using legacy core processing tech that is not nimble enough for today's world, so perhaps this finally caught up with the company, along with issues at Clover, which seem to stem from management's focus on near-term results.

That said, I would certainly add this one to your watch list. Fiserv's positioning in the space should still be very strong, so if management can clean up its act, this could prove to be a compelling buying opportunity. Conduct your own due diligence, but investors at the very least can nibble on the stock and then pay close attention to the upcoming investor day.

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Trump nuclear testing order may boost Honeywell, BWX Technology and others

Trump nuclear testing order may boost Honeywell, BWX Technology and others By Mike StoneOctober 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM 0 FILE PHOTO: Honeywell logo is seen in this illustration taken July 26, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) President Donald Trump's order for the Defense Department to start testing nuclear weapons could lead to billions of dollars' worth of contracts for a handful of specialized companies that dominate the United States' nuclear weapons infrastructure.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's order for the Defense Department to start testing nuclear weapons could lead to billions of dollars' worth of contracts for a handful of specialized companies that dominate the United States' nuclear weapons infrastructure.

The Trump announcement Wednesday night from South Korea ordered the Department of Defense to "immediately" start testing nuclear weapons, something the United States has not done since 1992.

The U.S. nuclear arsenal consists of land-launched nuclear missiles, nuclear missile-armed submarines and aircraft with nuclear bombs and missiles. It was unclear which portion of the arsenal Trump wanted to test.

An investment in nuclear weapons and testing could benefit Honeywell International, BWX Technologies, Chugach Alaska Corp, Jacobs Solutions, Inc., Mele Associates, General Atomic Technologies Corporation and others due to their specialization in nuclear test site construction, operations, support and related engineering services, according to Govini, a defense software company.

BWXT works with nuclear materials, while Honeywell runs a key testing site, conducts tests and helps track the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

Mele helps manage parts of the nuclear stockpile while helping make sure nuclear material does not fall into the wrong hands.

"Restarting nuclear weapons testing is going to reverberate in a lot of ways, including by sending a shockwave of government funding to companies in test site construction and engineering support," said Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini.

Alongside a new testing program, the U.S. is modernizing its ground-launched intercontinental ballistic missile program, aimed at replacing the aging Minuteman III missiles.

Northrop Grumman was awarded a sole-source contract in 2020 to develop the Sentinel, with subcontractors including Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Bechtel, Honeywell, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Textron.

The program, which requires extensive testing while it is being built, represents one of the largest defense modernization efforts in decades.

The plan includes 634 new Sentinel missiles, plus an additional 25 missiles to support development and testing, being procured to replace the aging Minuteman III system deployed in 1970.

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The &34;Espresso&34; singer previously appeared in the &34;SNL50&34; primetime special and as musical guest in the season 49 finale. Saturday Night Live recap: Sabrina Carpenter vamps it up as host and musical guest The &34;Espresso&34; singer previously appeared in the &34;SNL50&34; primetime special and as musical guest in the season 49 finale. By Andy Hoglund Andy Hoglund Andy Hoglund is a writer at . He has worked at EW since 2019. EW's editorial guidelines on October 19, 2025 2:16 a.m. ET :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/SabrinaCarpenterSNL101925377ea2fe35c014627b81e77fbc65d3a95.

The "Espresso" singer previously appeared in the "SNL50" primetime special and as musical guest in the season 49 finale.

Saturday Night Live recap: Sabrina Carpenter vamps it up as host and musical guest

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*Saturday Night Live*'s season 51 episodes featured Sabrina Carpenter pulling double duty as host and musical guest. She's become a friendly face at 8H in the past 18 months. A quick snapshot:

She was the musical guest during the season 49 season finale. Later, she joined Domingo and his brothers at the 50th anniversary special. Her modern-iconic "I'm on SNL and you're not" was all over the marketing for that. And back in May, she popped up in Quinta Brunson's monologue, singing about being short with Marcello Hernández and Dwyane Wade. **

I am joined tonight by the legend Jeff Richards who actually spent a few moments with Carpenter during the SNL50 festivities back in February.

"It was great talking with Sabrina and Jenna Ortega at the SNL50 after-party, both so grounded and kind. Sabrina has this rare, magnetic charm like a modern Marilyn Monroe with a sense of humor." Recalling her duet of "Homebound Bound" during the special's cold open, he noted: "Her performing with Paul Simon was a highlight of the night, she's the real deal."

People seemed happy with Amy Poehler's return last week — nearly half of you selected A in my poll. Scroll below, let's see if Sabrina continues the trend.

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After a 12-minute delay due to college football, we get underway! It's Domingo. Yes, they are mining that again — this time with next generation cast members as the out of tune friends, an interesting development for an otherwise tired sketch. Songs include Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra" revealing secrets about a wife (Chloe Fineman) and her fling with Marcello Hernandez's Domingo. **

Sabrina returns as one of the good friends to Fineman's Kelsey. She was previously in the vow renewal. The premise this round: They went to Nashville. "This is strike six!" cries the cuckolded husband played by Andrew Dismukes. One note and not funny — though I love a recurring character superseding obvious political material for the cold open!

(Many expected Trump's pardon of George Santos to be an obvious premise for tonight's cold open; alas, Bowen Yang is not in the studio tonight.)

People got freaked out by the cover of Carpenter's latest album. She discusses SNL50 and being a provocative "horndog" pop star. She loves talking to normal people, going out into the audience. Kenan pops up to confront her for impersonating a police officer at her concerts. This was brief — she is charismatic and fun, I am surprised how rushed/one-note this was. Blame the USC game?**

Jeff Richards recently had TikTok star Faith Elizabeth on his podcast portraying Carpenter (among others). Check it out. It's brilliant.

"Boys Podcast"

Teen boys giggle about Halloween candy and vegetables, using a lot of silly, indecipherable Gen Z slang. I think Carpenter and Fineman are hilarious here. Fire episode!**

Their first guest is Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson). They ask him about his favorite Airhead, and he starts ranting about Ukraine and Santos. ("He's weird, he's a liar.") He rants for a while before answering blue. He turns the conversation back to himself and whether he's getting into heaven.

This is a well-executed satire at podcasts, youth culture, and Trump's odd role in both, especially online. I like it!

"Plans" Movie Trailer

From the studio that brought you *Insidious* — this is about people who get anxiety over making plans. In this horror movie spoof, a couple (Ben Marshall, Carpenter) realize they made plans with her cousin and her husband months ago. A lot of fun tidbits here, watch this!

"Shop TV: Pillow"

Rhett is back! Folks will remember this one from a few times before. Now Mikey Day's Rhett is joined by Ashley Padilla's co-host Bev, a sign that Padilla is again seen as a star this season. **

Carpenter's suggestive travel neck pillow is the hook here — as a reminder, these ShopTV sketches are all about the naughty sight gags and double entendres. Meh.

"Girlboss Seminar"

It's the "Girl Boss Female Confidence Seminar," a corporate event featuring Queen Lisha (Carpenter), who preaches platitudes about jealousy being a disease and FOMO right before being thrown through a wall. Audience member Sarah Sherman is rightfully concerned (or is she just being a hater). Lisha speaks nonsense — or is that because she is concussed? Or just internalized misogyny?**

Nice performance work and energy from Carpenter here, a reminder she is not your standard pop star singer trying out her comedy chops. She started out on the Disney Channel!**

"Grind" Song

Yang appeared in the episode after all. He anchors this pretape about "middle-school lovin'" — that's right, the awkward coming-of-age moments being captured at organized dances and the grinding that occurs. I loved this — sounds great, like a vintage *SNL* song parody à la "Twin Bed." And outside Yang and Carpenter's vocals, the performances from new cast members like Jeremy Culhane are noteworthy. (Culhane is showing a lot of promise at this point in the season.) **

"Manchild" Song

A lot to love about this country-influenced pop performance — from the saxophone solo to Carpenter's playful "Live From New York" outfit. **

"Manchild" is the lead single on Carpenter's latest album *Man's Best Friend.* Carpenter co-wrote and co-produced the. song with Jack Antonoff with Amy Allen providing additional songwriting. **

"Weekend Update"

Topics include: the sudden release of George Santos, the leaked Young Republican group chat, John Bolton's indictment and Che's Tinder matches. Jost makes an Austin Powers joke!

It is scary movie season, which "ushers" back another Hernandez recurring character: the Movie Guy. He has not seen a lot of the scary movies being released and replies "Except me, I did not see" whatever he's describing. He also makes a Mike Myers joke, the second this Update. (And one random comment: lots of vagina jokes this episode! Already four, by my count.)

New York has the most residents moving out. *SNL* newcomer Tommy Brennan is also new to New York — he's from the Midwest, one of eight kids. He jokes about his upbringing and looks — his childhood has helped him adjust to his time in NYC. He jumped his first turnstile today, to mild applause. Brennan is doing his best to work his stand-up material here, getting into his Catholic guilt. I'll call it: Maybe it's the hair, but some Jay Mohr vibes from Tommy.**

"Appliance Store"

Two customers are looking to buy a washer-dryer set – Dismukes wants one with a jingle. The employee (Kenan Thompson) reveals a special unit, Veronika Slowikowska and Sabrina Carpenter portraying singing machines, going over various genres and scenarios people use for washing clothes. "The songs are dynamite, and I'm attracted to the machines!" admitted Dismukes, killer line. **

Slowikowska and Carpenter are great — very nice showcase for Slowikowska, I like the show giving the new cast members their own spotlight this early. **

Honestly? I preferred the passive aggressive couple played by Dismukes and Padilla. **

"Surprise"

Coworkers want to surprise Laura (Padilla) for her birthday. They jump out and shock her – causing her to get scared and fart. She loses full control, and Padilla has a nice moment. She's developing quite the repertoire playing aggrieved, humiliated women this season. This is almost Tim Robinson ITYSL territory.

The Party City tag is a cute payoff too.

Song #2 - "Nobody's Son"

"He sure f---ed me up," Carpenter appears to sing a few times during this. Granted she's multitasking — this performance is set in a karate dojo, and she's breaking wooden boards as she sings! **

"Social experiment"

Another Please Don't Destroy expat Martin Herlihy hosts a social experiment where moviegoers like Jane Wickline are tested, sitting in a theater with a group of Frankensteins. Kam Patterson is funny here as the one unaffected participant, who curiously studied Gothic Literature!**

If Ashley Padilla went for Tim Robinson territory, Herlihy is approaching Nathan Fielder. I believe this short film was previously planned for earlier in the season but got cut. (Actually Martin reminds me of Kyle Mooney in this….) Very good stuff though, I think Tom Schiller would approve. **

Another Shrek reference tonight!**

Final thoughts

- Despite the late start, the new cast members gelled nicely with Carpenter tonight! I am encouraged. Probably my favorite of the season so far – feels like a new direction in a lot of ways. **

- What did you think? Vote! **

- Thank you Jeff Richards! Check out his podcast!**

*Saturday Night Live* returns from a brief hiatus on Nov. 1 with host Miles Teller and musical guest Brandi Carlile.

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Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, and rest of family strap in for EW's BINGE: The Fast Saga By Derek Lawrence :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/derek160e1b72b3389c74b8ca03743731e346949.jpg) Derek Lawrence is a former associate editor at . He left EW in 2022. EW's editorial guidelines April 29, 2021 8:30 a.m. ET The entire Fast family is ready for a good BINGE watch. Ahead of F9 finally driving into theaters on June 25, the billiondollar franchise's stars are strapping in for EW's BINGE: The Fast Saga, in which they're breaking down each movie with hosts Derek Lawrence and Chanelle Berlin Johnson.

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The entire *Fast* family is ready for a good *BINGE* watch.

Ahead of *F9* finally driving into theaters on June 25, the billion-dollar franchise's stars are strapping in for *EW's BINGE: The Fast Saga*, in which they're breaking down each movie with hosts Derek Lawrence and Chanelle Berlin Johnson.

The action will kick off Friday with Vin Diesel looking back on the one that started it all, 2001's *The Fast and the Furious*. Get your first listen to Dominic Toretto himself in *BINGE*'s debut trailer, which can be seen above.

Also going along for the *BINGE* ride will be Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Nathalie Emmanuel, Justin Lin, Lucas Black, and new family member John Cena.

The schedule for *BINGE* episodes will coincide with Fast Fridays, Universal's series of free screenings of the first eight films: *The Fast and the Furious* on April 30, *2 Fast Furious* on May 7, *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* on May 14, *Fast & Furious* on May 21, *Fast Five* on May 28, *Fast & Furious 6* on June 4, *Furious 7* on June 11, and *The Fate of the Furious* on June 18. A spoiler-filled *F9* installment will then drop in the days following the film's release.

To listen, subscribe to *EW's BINGE: The Fast Saga* feed via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also subscribe to EW's YouTube page to catch all the video interviews, and stay tuned to EW.com for even more *Fast *coverage. Until then, salud mi podcast familia!

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Trump, Xi agree to pause dueling port fees that disrupted trade

Trump, Xi agree to pause dueling port fees that disrupted trade By Lisa Baertlein and David LawderOctober 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM 0 1 / 2U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit, in BusanU.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein By Lisa Baertlein and David Lawder LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) The U.S.

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1 / 2U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit, in BusanU.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and China agreed on Thursday to pause tit-for-tat fees on each other's ships that became a major irritant in the broader trade war between the world's two largest economies and pushed up ocean freight costs.

The move provides a 12-month reprieve on an estimated $3.2 billion annually in fees for large Chinese-built vessels sailing to U.S. ports and was among the trade deals reached in South Korea by U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Early this year, the Trump administration announced plans to levy fees on China-linked ships to loosen the country's grip on the global maritime industry and bolster U.S. shipbuilding.

The so-called Section 301 penalties followed a U.S. probe that concluded China's domination of the global maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors was driven by unfair practices.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Fox Business Network on Thursday that the Section 301 action had been put on hold.

The U.S. Trade Representative's office did not immediately comment whether the pause covered other U.S. penalties on non-U.S. auto carriers built outside of China or on ship-to-shore port cranes built in China.

China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement that the suspension applied to Section 301 penalties "concerning China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors." It added that China also will suspend its on countermeasures and fees on U.S.-linked ships.

The fees reportedly have cost ship operators including China-owned COSCO and U.S.-based Matson millions of dollars and disrupted vessel schedules, driving up shipping expenses that eventually will land on consumers, maritime experts warned.

Singapore-based shipper High-Trend International Group said in a statement that the suspension offered immediate, material benefits to the company.

"The suspension removes a long-standing cost and policy overhang that had affected HTCO's maritime logistics and carbon-neutral initiatives," the High-Trend said. "This development is expected to significantly reduce cross-border shipping costs, improve cash-flow stability, and strengthen investor confidence in HTCO's growth strategy."

Bessent said just the threat of the Section 301 tariffs was enough to reduce demand for China-built ships.

"Chinese shipbuilders have seen substantial diminution or decreases in their order books," Bessent said.

Orders for Chinese ships have fallen from last year as part of an overall decline this year. However, data shows that China continues to dominate ship orders.

Chinese shipyards captured 53% of all global ship orders by tonnage during the first eight months of 2025, according to a the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) analysis of S&P Global data.

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